I hate to say this, but when I heard that the mass murder in Las Vegas was carried out by a single, white, middle-aged male, with no known political affiliations, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Imagine the hysteria coming from Washington and the alt-right had the shooter been an African-American, Hispanic, or Muslim ?
I fear it would have opened the floodgates of repressions, retaliations and draconian legislation in the name of protecting the U.S. against “terrorists” – foreign and domestic.
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I hate to say this, but when I heard that the mass murder in Las Vegas was carried out by a single, white, middle-aged male, with no known political affiliations, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Imagine the hysteria coming from Washington and the alt-right had the shooter been an African-American, Hispanic, or Muslim ?
I fear it would have opened the floodgates of repressions, retaliations and draconian legislation in the name of protecting the U.S. against “terrorists” – foreign and domestic.